(November 3) Dielectric Integrated Photonics for All-Optical Processing and Sensing

Integrated photonic devices are finding application in fields as diverse as telecommunications, tuneable and short-pulse miniature laser light sources and medical diagnostics, driven by the need for increased functionality at low cost. Integrated photonics technologies exploit surface science, waveguide engineering, laser physics and microstructure technology to realise robust mass-producible integrated optical circuits, and this monolithic integration of diverse photonic devices promises to lead to the widespread application of photonic techniques in much the same way as integration of electronic circuits enabled consumer devices like the mobile phone. In this talk, work at Southampton’s ORC will be briefly introduced, future development of integrated photonics will be discussed and examples of research into devices for amplification, lasing, biochemical sensing and particle manipulation will be described.